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| colonists could not settle west of the Appalachain Mountains |
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| required colonists to house and supply British soldiers |
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| all goods sold by the colonists had to pass through England |
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| colonies could only buy sugar, coffee, etc. through England |
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| outlawed the use of paper money( pounds,chillings) |
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| tax on legal documents, advertisments, newspapers, calenders, etc. |
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| group of representitives who met to protest the taxes from England |
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| groups of people in cities all over the colonies formed these groups to protest |
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| forcing american sailors to join the British Navy |
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| Taxes on glass, paper, paint and lead |
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| redcoats fired into an angry mob of colonists, killing 5 |
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| African American, first killed in the Boston Massacre |
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| leader of the movement to push for independence, leader of the Boston Tea Party |
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| Comittees of Correspondence |
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| colonists communicated with each other form town to town |
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| colonists dressed as Indians and threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act |
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| closed Boston Harbor until tea was paid for, gave more power to the governor |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| delegates from the colonies met here to denounce the Intolerable Acts and support Massachusetts |
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| colonial militia men, could be ready in a minutes notice |
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Virginian who wanted independence from England,
"Give me freedom or give me death" |
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| Went on the famous ride to warn that the British were coming |
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| first shot of the American Revolution was fired here |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| set up a Continental Army and chose George Washington to be Commander in Cheif |
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| took Fort Ticonderoga from the British(turning point in the war) |
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| offer to cease fire and solve problems peacefully, colonists sent this to England and the king refused |
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| wrote phamplets called "Common Sense" to convince people to push for independence |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| declared that the colonies were free and independent from Great Britian |
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| first battle of the revolution, colonists lost but showed thay could fight with the British |
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| colonists won and convinced France to enter the war on the Patriots side |
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| where the Patriot army spent the winter of 1777 |
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| waged war on the British on the Frontier |
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| sailor who fought the British off the coast of Britian |
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| last battle of the revolution, where Cornwallis was defeated by G.W |
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| U.S was independent, set boundaries, fishing rights, repay debts, return slaves, give property back to the Loyalists |
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| wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| French Soldier who came to America to fight on the colonists side |
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